Тест на лексику.
Choose the correct answers.
a.
I like wearing
__________ clothes when I'm at home, such as old jeans and T-shirts.
gaudysmartelegantscruffy
b.
Sam felt
__________ of himself when he discovered he had passed his driving test.
ashamedprouddisappointedafraid
c.
My friend's
lucky. She works in a bank and __________ a lot of money.
dealsservesearnsdoes
d.
He hurt himself
while playing tennis. I think he's sprained his __________ .
calfthighshinwrist
e. I write a daily __________ about my thoughts and
feelings. It's like a diary.
blogsitechannellink
f.
I don't smoke,
so I don't have any __________ in the house.
sideboardsashtraysfireplacesfootstools
g. They bought a new __________ armchair. It's very comfortable.
leatherpapermarblechina
h.
My sister was
very sad when she __________ up with her boyfriend.
splitgotfellmade
i.
Shall we go
along to the buffet __________ and get a coffee for the journey?
roomcardeskshop
j.
The trains are
so __________ . It took us three hours longer than usual to get there.
relaxingunreliableconvenientuncomfortable
k.
I gave the shop
assistant a ten pound note, but she forget to give me my __________ .
cashcardpricechange
l.
He writes great
__________ that tell stories about people in difficult relationships.
melodieslyricsharmoniesmovements
Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.
a.
I'm fed with working so hard. I need a holiday.
b.
I'm
satisfied my exam
results. I did quite well.
c.
OK, you've
twisted my . I'll
come to the circus with you tomorrow.
d.
It was getting
dark, so I turned on the table in the corner.
e.
I fell love with Lydia at the end-of-year party.
f.
Jack likes Lisa,
but he's too shy to ask her on a date.
g.
We got off the
train, then went to the taxi and waited in the queue.
h. You shouldn't drive on the shoulder of the motorway. It's only for people
whose car has broken down.
The story of bread
If you had bread for breakfast today, a slice of
toast, or perhaps a croissant, you are certainly not alone. No matter where you travel, you will probably
find a culture that has its own type of bread.
The story of bread goes back a long way – in fact,
about 10,000 years. However, they discovered that they could use
rocks to crush the hard grains from some plants, which we know today as wheat,
to make a rough powder, or flour. They mixed the flour with water, put the
mixture on flat stones and waited for the bread to bake.
These first breads were hard and flat and they
probably didn't taste very nice, but gradually, the recipe for bread improved.
The ancient Egyptians, for example, discovered how to make fermented dough:
they added ingredients to make the mixture rise, so that it became lighter and
tasted better. In the same way, different cultures developed
their own recipes, using local ingredients and suiting it to their traditions.
The technology for baking bread also improved. The
first ovens were made of clay and a wood fire burned inside them. By the time the oven had cooled, the bread was
baked. At first, bread was made in people's homes. Then, in the Middle Ages,
people started to take their bread mixtures to local bakeries to be baked.
These bakeries had large brick ovens which were heated by wood or coal. Today,
of course, most of the world's bread is baked in large factories and is then
transported to where it is sold.
Most people can easily go to a supermarket or a
baker's shop to buy bread when they need it. In France in the 18th century, for example,
there was very little bread in the shops and its price was high. Angry people
rioted in the streets and Marie Antoinette famously said, ‘Let them eat cake.'
Bread is an emotional issue. It's mentioned in ancient books, prayers, and
proverbs of many different cultures. In many places it's seen as one of the
most important foods, and is central to many cultures in ways that other foods
are not.
A. However, when things go wrong, it's often bread
that disappears first.
B. People didn't grow food then, but went out in the grasslands to look for
plants and grains that they could eat.
C. Bread is one of the most widely eaten foods in the world and it comes in an
incredible range of shapes and sizes.
D. In some countries, bread was considered a greater luxury than the most
expensive meat.
E. The ancient Greeks, and later the Romans, baked flat bread and often
flavoured it with herbs and spices.
F. The bread mixture was placed inside these and then the opening was closed.
